Advance Praise

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“Wes Moore is des­tined to become one of the most pow­er­ful and influ­en­tial lead­ers of this cen­tury. You need only to read The Other Wes Moore to under­stand why. A pow­er­ful and poignant reminder that we have a moral oblig­a­tion to remain our broth­ers keeper…” —Bill Cohen, for­mer U.S. Sen­a­tor and Sec­re­tary Of Defense

“Moore writes with sub­tlety and insight … a mov­ing explo­ration of roads not taken.” —Pub­lish­ers Weekly (starred review)

“The Other Wes Moore high­lights the trans­for­ma­tive influ­ence of car­ing adults… Moore vividly and pow­er­fully describes not just the cul­ture of the streets but how it feels to be a boy grow­ing up in a world where vio­lence makes you a man, school seems irrel­e­vant, and drug deal­ing is a respected career choice.” — O Mag­a­zine Review

““An absorb­ing nar­ra­tive that makes clear the crit­i­cal roles that choices, fam­ily sup­port and luck play in young people’s lives.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Wes Moore has not just writ­ten a com­pelling story, but has cre­ated a per­fect case study of how and why young men can go down the wrong path — and how they can be saved. This should be required read­ing for any­one who is try­ing to under­stand what is hap­pen­ing to young men in our inner cities.” —Geof­frey Canada, Pres­i­dent and CEO, Harlem Chil­drens Zone

“Gets to the heart of the mat­ter on faith, edu­ca­tion, respect, the hard facts of incar­cer­a­tion, and the choices and chal­lenges we all face. It’s edu­ca­tional and inspir­ing.” —Ben Car­son, M.D., author of Gifted Hands

“A tense, com­pelling story and in inspi­ra­tional guide for all who care about help­ing young peo­ple.” —Juan Williams, author of Enough

“A story for our times.” —Alex Kot­lowitz, author of There Are No Chil­dren Here

“Shaped and steeled by the most impor­tant issues of our time, Wes Moore’s inspir­ing story will come to define America’s Next Great­est Gen­er­a­tion. Moore’s per­sonal tri­umph over adver­sity is a refin­ing of the Amer­i­can dream and has shown us all what it means to serve, to sac­ri­fice, and to inspire.” —Paul Rieckhoff, Founder & Exec­u­tive Director, Iraq & Afghanistan Vet­er­ans of Amer­ica (IAVA)

“As a for­mer teacher and a mother, I grieve for this new gen­er­a­tion of floun­der­ing boys with­out the com­mu­nity or edu­ca­tional sys­tem to guide them. Wes Moore gives me hope. He is a shin­ing bea­con to the younger gen­er­a­tion that igno­rance, illit­er­acy and vio­lence can no longer be badges of honor in our com­mu­ni­ties; that integrity, humil­ity and account­abil­ity mat­ter. We all owe Wes our grat­i­tude for shar­ing his remark­able story in The Other Wes Moore, and for cham­pi­oning a move­ment to make char­ac­ter and edu­ca­tion a pri­or­ity once again.” —Sheila C. John­son, Phil­an­thropist, Entre­pre­neur and co-founder of BET

“This intrigu­ing nar­ra­tive is enlight­en­ing, encour­ag­ing, and empow­er­ing. Read these words, absorb their mean­ings, and cre­ate your own plan to act and leave a legacy.” —Tavis Smi­ley, from the Afterword